The too-seldom seen Joan Acocella writes in the New Yorker about American Ballet Theatre’s Herman Cornejo: “Now, presumably inspired by Baryshnikov and Bocca, there is another short man at A.B.T. who dances tall: Herman Cornejo. He is...
I?m back, the polls are open, and the reviews are in for Mark Morris?s ?Rock of Ages,? given its world premiere at UC Berkeley?s Cal Performances last Thursday. Bucking consensus, first by admiring ?Violet Cavern? and now by discounting the new...
Gia Kourlas is back in Newsday, and surprised to find herself taken by the new offerings at ABT: “American Ballet Theatre’s new choreography usually amounts to little more than rambling forays into dance-theater and even sorrier...
The Bolshoi is coming to Berkeley next week. For anyone wishing to study up (or just marvel at some gorgeous photos–check out these photo galleries), I direct you to Marc Haegeman’s incredibly encycopedic web site. For info on the...
Far, far from where I sit, American Ballet Theatre is back at City Center?and Tobi Tobias, whose blog ?Seeing Things? covers New York ballet like nobody?s business, is providing her usual thoroughgoing analysis. Writing about two ABT premieres...
My review of Yaelisa & Caminos Flamencos actually ran in the Chronicle yesterday, but I was just able to find it online this morning: “A Caminos Flamencos performance brings several guarantees: virtuosic music, striking lighting and a...
The reviews are in for Mark Morris?s ?Violet Cavern,? which had its West Coast premiere at UC Berkeley?s Cal Performances last Friday. The Chronicle?s Steven Winn liked it, with one tiny caveat: ?The second half of the evening was devoted to the...
That obstinate phoenix of the ballet world is back again with his Mandance Project, as Kisselgoff reports in the Times: “Whatever Eliot Feld is eating for breakfast these days, it more than works. He is a choreographer renewed, refreshed...
Time Out New York’s spunky and enviably hip dance editor Gia Kourlas is in Newsday with a review of American Ballet Theatre’s opening gala: “A gala without a gimmick is a rare event, but American Ballet Theatre managed to...
My review of Margaret Jenkins Dance Company’s Danger Orange is up on Voice of Dance: “The storm passed and the clouds cleared just in time for the premiere of Margaret Jenkins?s Danger Orange Wednesday, and what a sight. Two screaming...
Dance: The San Francisco Bay Area is exploding with great dance this week. Take your pick: Fortunately the rainy skies have mostly cleared, because the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company opens their latest show, ?Danger Orange? at the Embarcadero?s...
Lovely article today in the revamped New York Times arts section on American Ballet Theater’s Alessandra Ferri. This passage in particular reminded me of San Francisco Ballet’s own Tina LeBlanc, who is also dancing better than ever...
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